Nonstop flight route between Prague, Czech Republic and Merville / Calonne, France:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG), Prague, Czech Republic and Merville - Calonne Airport (HZB), Merville / Calonne, France would travel a Great Circle distance of 513 miles (or 825 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the relatively short distance between Prague Vaclav Havel Airport and Merville - Calonne Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG):

• Travel Service Airlines and its low cost subsidiary Smart Wings have their head office on the airport property.
• Prague Vaclav Havel Airport handled 10,974,196 passengers last year.
• Other awards were granted for modernisation during individual airport development phases.
• Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG) has 3 runways.
• Prague Airport has two main passenger terminals, two general aviation terminals, as well as a cargo facility.
• There are also two freight terminals, Cargo Terminal 1 is operated by Menzies Aviation Czech while Cargo Terminal 2 is operated by Skyport.
• As the capacity of the airport has been reaching its limit for the last couple of years, further development of the airport is being considered.
• The construction of a railway connection between the airport and Prague city centre is also in the planning stage.
• In 2004, the airport served 9.7 million passengers.
• Prague–Ruzyně Airport began operations on 5 April 1937, but Czechoslovak civil aviation history started at the military airport in Prague–Kbely in 1919.
• The furthest airport from Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,771 miles (18,944 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• The closest airport to Prague Vaclav Havel Airport (PRG) is Vodochody Airport (VOD), which is located only 10 miles (16 kilometers) NE of PRG.
• An online petition organised by one of the best-known Slovak film directors, Fero Fenič, calling on the government and the Parliament to rename Prague Ruzyně Airport to Václav Havel International Airport attracted – in just one week after 20 December 2011 – the support of over 65,000 signatories both within and outside the Czech Republic.
• In addition to being known as "Prague Vaclav Havel Airport", another name for PRG is "Letiště Václava Havla Praha".

Facts about Merville - Calonne Airport (HZB):

• The furthest airport from Merville - Calonne Airport (HZB) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,965 miles (19,255 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
• Because of Merville - Calonne Airport's relatively low elevation of 61 feet, planes can take off or land at Merville - Calonne Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• Originally built by Germans as a Luftwaffe airfield as part of the defensed of the Pas de Calais area.
• In addition to being known as "Merville - Calonne Airport", other names for HZB include "Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) B-53" and "Aéroport de Merville - Calonne".
• Merville - Calonne Airport (HZB) has 2 runways.
• The closest airport to Merville - Calonne Airport (HZB) is Lille Airport (LIL), which is located only 20 miles (32 kilometers) E of HZB.